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Title: "Ferrari owner Exor wants to build the Italian Y Combinator"

Piacentini's own words: "We have no ambition to emulate the likes of Y Combinator"

I agree with HN's reluctance to alter titles, but in cases where the title itself a lie, clickbait, or gross exaggeration I think that it should be edited.

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The full quote: “We have no ambition to emulate the likes of Y Combinator, or even Kima Ventures, from the start. But we aspire to what they have built — our ultimate goal is to get to that level.”. When read like this it sounds like eventually he would like to build something like Y Combinator.

I was also confused

I posted it with the original title from Sifted after reading "“Our application format will be familiar, similar to that of Y Combinator’s — simplicity will be key for deploying capital fast,” says Piacentini."

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